Community
Starring: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Chevy Chase
Network: NBC
Thursdays at 9:30pm
Tonight the Pilot for NBC's new comedy Community premiered after the season premiere of The Office.
We open on a bright sunny day, students are milling around, and things look like your typical college campus. Then the clock tower we think we hear is revealed to be a boom box accompanying a fumbling Community College Dean at a podium, who then gives one of the worst speech since "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
Enter Joel McHale as Jeff Winger, new student at this fine school. His main objectives this episode? Get answers to all the tests he will be taking this semester and get a date with the hot girl from Spanish class. Sounds like your average high schooler, actually.
While all this may sound cliche, its actually a rather refreshing show. The humor was pretty good, with the occasional corny lines and immaturity, such as when students Pierce and Troy giggle over the pronunciation of the word "Asperger's." There were plenty of pop culture references all the way from Bill Murray to the Breakfast Club (including a dedication at the end to John Hughes, gotta give props for that). And as an added bonus, you get Chevy Chase as the creepy old guy student.
Joel McHale seems to be able to carry off the job of being the one under the spotlight for the show as well, with sarcastic quips and jokes as good as the ones he makes about reality tv on The Soup. I'm half expecting a few jibes at Ryan Seacrest this season.
All in all, a great start and a good choice to follow NBC titan The Office.
Grade: A-
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